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Did he really work on the movie of West Side Story? Jerome Robbins had three Assistant Choreographers and four Dance Assistants working with him on the movie – but not Alan Johnson. He also appears nowhere on the movie’s credits on the Imdb site. On the other hand, he did re-stage Robbins original choreography on several US national tour productions and elsewhere. But he was not permitted to change one step! Robbins and the entire Bernstein estate which looked after the rights of the copyright holders went to great lengths to protect the work of the original creators.

Sue: You should have been in UCLA’s Royce Hall when the bean-eating scene at a students-only, pre-release screening of “Blazing Saddles” sent the full house into an explosion (pardon the bean reference) of laughter that shook the rafters. Not to mention the movie’s famous line, “Are we…..black?” Mel was on hand for a post-screening Q&A that was almost as funny as the movie. And what about “Young Frankenstein”? The unforgettable Cloris Leachman, exclaiming, “Yes! Yes! He vus my boyfriend!” I’m sorry you are unable to find the humor in Mr. Brooks’ unique view of life. The rest of the world gets the, er, jokes…

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